The weight of the trees was so great that the ones on the bottom got squished and became coal. That’s where coal is from. Bonus fact: the whole time this was happening, sharks were hunting in the oceans. Sharks are older than trees and fungus!
Has anyone ever given any thought to trying to capture all the floodwaters that seem to be increasing lately, and moving them to the more drought affected areas?
Wow, I definitely didn't expect that "Factual Reporting" would be "Mixed", however going through the list, it shows several instances where they misunderstood either a scientific paper or misrepresented some fact.
That said, I had before in some cases seen articles about AI being either false, misunderstanding the facts, or just parroting some CEO. I attributed it to AI being something relatively "new" to mainstream media, but this is pretty much eye opening.
I like their "long read" articles though, but I guess it's time to find a new main everyday paper for me...
It is worth it. I was also skeptical, though if you play it on shorter 30' sessions, feels like an opinionated documentary. There are slow parts though by the end, but I'm still glad I checked and the author is an authority in theme parks.
If anyone's curious, modern "virtual" pinballs, which are just a computer under a large screen inside a pinball frame, replicate this by using an accelerometer (like the one in our phones).
The pinball emulation software is fed tilt metrics, and usually that software decides when to call it fault.
Made space travel meaningful and dangerous: Running into baddies, dangers or simply out of fuel was always possible, but the further you went it was possible to gain better resources.
Flying was also challenging (but fun) when you had to consider gravity and the fact that the ship won't break unless something stops it. So fuel conservation was juggling between all these things.
In fact, landing in a high-gravity planet was not only hard, but in some cases gave one ticket to Pancake'd town.
In Starfield, ships are only there as fast travel vehicles. In No Man's Sky, they are more meaningful, though it still feels like a magic plane in a vacuum.
Resource gathering felt like an adventure: In most of these games resource gathering is a chore, something I need to do to build X or buy Y. Starfield had resource-rich planets that were actively dangerous, be it by creatures or by natural phenomena, the buggy would start to take damage and it was a gamble with knowing when to pack up and leave.
NMS gets close but if I spent more time inventory sorting, pressing X for mining a resource and scanning for further resources, I'm not enjoying my time with it.
Alien encounters were tense: The first time I met an alien in Starflight, it was as nerve wrecking, as I could "raise shields" and start combat, but also try figuring out if I could understand them. The crew may (or not) speak partially their language, so they may seem helpful but actually be plotting to shoot you down while your shields are down.
The crew could help these cases when simpathetic aliens were found, or the oposite when they scanned the ship and found their foes.
The problem I have with new games is the lack of urgency, I can't believe the main quest if the game invites me to play looter simulator or yet spend another hour mining iron.
Ant smell (mander.xyz)
What is the most unhinged conspiracy theory?
Update: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025 (sh.itjust.works)
Source...
Using any DE be like: (graph.org)
TIL in the Carboniferous Period, no fungus existed to decompose trees. They just grew on top of each other up and up.
The weight of the trees was so great that the ones on the bottom got squished and became coal. That’s where coal is from. Bonus fact: the whole time this was happening, sharks were hunting in the oceans. Sharks are older than trees and fungus!
We would've been fooled (lemmy.world)
Henry VIII's armor from the Tower of London. Interesting cod piece
Flood water use
Has anyone ever given any thought to trying to capture all the floodwaters that seem to be increasing lately, and moving them to the more drought affected areas?
Europe on high alert after suspected Moscow-linked arson and sabotage (www.theguardian.com)
Security services say spate of fires and infrastructure attacks could be part of systemic attempt by Russia to destabilise continent...
Truth Social struggles to grow its U.S. user base, new data on Trump Media app shows (www.cnbc.com)
Gowron moods (lemmy.world)
The ‘Spectacular’ Failure Of Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Hotel Is Going Viral (www.forbes.com)
The failure of Disney’s "Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser" is under the spotlight thanks to a viral video by YouTuber Jenny Nicholson.
TIL Key West had an incredibly corrupt fire chief in the 70s. His name was "Bum" Farto, and not for the reason you would expect. (www.mentalfloss.com)
Everyone's favorite game from the 90s (lemmy.world)
Welcome to the squad, Bella. (lemmy.world)
That's so fetch (lemmy.world)
OpenSSH is about to change. (For the better.) (tinkerbetter.tube)
Technology Connections: Tilting, taking turns, and winning free games: the many tricks inside old pinball machines (youtu.be)
How to distract people from your missing finger (feddit.de)
How to own a house in Brooklyn, New York (lemmy.world)